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Last day of the long weekend 5/25/09, we hiked up the Canyon Creek - Chancellor Trail east of Ross Lake in the North Cascades on the Okanogan National Forest. This is Hike #46 in Manning & Spring's North Cascades guidebook. The weather was great. There were a few parties of backpackers who camped along the trail and 1 other group of dayhikers. We knew one of the backpackers. They said they made it beyond the rockslide that closes the trail but the scramble was a bit tricky. They said they made it to atleast Mill Creek, maybe further. We hiked about 4 miles in, about 1/2 mile beyond Boulder Creek. There are about 9 clumps of blowdowns over the trail, some of which require a crawl and/or detour. The creeks were raging with meltwater. The creeks raging down the mountainside to the northwest on the other side of the canyon formed impressive waterfalls. This is a great spring hike.

looking northeast from the Chancellor Trail

Jack Mountain from Chancellor Trail

fairy slipper (Calypso bulbosa) on Chancellor Trail

Holmes Creek old US Forest Service sign on Chancellor Trail